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Sensual gaiety is at the heart of this comic masterpiece which continues the merry tale of the little barber of Seville, a clever common man whose wits overcome his superiors who would suppress him. Plays for Performance Series.

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) was an exceptional French writer of prose comedy during the eighteenth century. He is best known for his theatrical works of the three Figaro plays. Beaumarchais had an action-filled career as a watchmaker, musician, secret agent,... Read Full Overview

THE STORY: Writing a few years before the French Revolution, barely concealing himself in his hero, Beaumarchais pours his class rage into a stock-comic vessel that barely contains it under pressure. Three years after the happy ending of The Barb

"Le Mariage de Figaro" de Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Musicien, ?crivain, homme d'affaires et po?te fran?ais (1732-1799).

A Count's valet prepares to marry the Countess' chambermaid--until it becomes clear the Count wishes to revive an old law that will allow him to take advantage of the bride before the wedding. The valet's schemes to thwart the Count show the growing French endorsement of an... Read Full Overview

En crivant cette pr face, mon but n'est pas de rechercher oiseusement si j'ai mis au th tre une pi ce bonne ou mauvaise: il n'est plus temps pourmoi; mais d'examiner scrupuleusement, et je le dois toujours, si j'ai fait uneoeuvre bl mable. Personne n' tant tenu de faire une... Read Full Overview

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais: Figaros Hochzeit oder Der tolle Tag. (La folle journ e, ou Le mariage de Figaro)

Als Fortsetzung des Barbiers von Sevilla schreibt Beaumarchais 1778 seinen Figaro in f nf Akten, die Mozart als Vorlage f r... Read Full Overview

One of the greatest comedies in French theatre history, Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro is a dynamic text of humour and social satire which still works well on stage today, and was the inspiration for Mozart's opera.Although ostensibly set in Spain, the play satirises certain... Read Full Overview

The book "" The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro A Comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we... Read Full Overview